🌿 Uvs Nuur Basin

Mongolia · Asia · Natural · 49.77°N, 91.37°E

Uvs Lake Basin is an endorheic basin located on the territorial border of Mongolia and Russia. The basin is part of the Central Asian Internal Drainage Basin and is named after Uvs Lake, a large saline lake situated in the western part of its drainage basin, and is one of the last remnants of the mammoth steppes. Uvs Lake is a shallow lake with an area of 3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi). The basin, which includes several smaller lakes, is 70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi).

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Quick facts

Country	Mongolia
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	49.77°N, 91.37°E · view on map

Uvs Nuur Basin is a natural World Heritage site in Mongolia, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Uvs Nuur Basin was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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